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left margin: Nov: 12. Mr Busheyhead went to Picolata to see Gen: Jessup; and the Same left margin: " " day, had a long interview with Gen: Jessup. He still opposed the mediation. left margin: " " He used the same arguments that he used before -- that the left margin: " " Seminoles were liars &c; and the talk, he said, was indefinite; left margin: " " & that the contest between him and the Seminoles was the emigration. left margin: " " He said the talk said nothing about their going to the west. left margin: " " Mr Busheyhead answered & said, We have come under the character left margin: " " of mediators. If the talk specified what the Seminoles should left margin: " " do, we could not come under the character of mediators, but left margin: " " we should be strictly agents; for he (Jessup) was a commissioner left margin: " " on the part of the United States. It was for him & the Seminoles left margin: " " to agree upon terms. We were only entrusted to persuade the left margin: " " Seminoles under all circumstances to lay down their arms, & left margin: " " to come to terms with the Commissioners of the United States. Gen: left margin: " " Jessup said, that, Sam Jones was the only war chief who left margin: " " was now succeeding Oseola; but he would never recognize him left margin: " " as a chief, nor have anything to do with him whatever; left margin: " " for, he said, he was a liar and no confidence could be left margin: " " placed in him; and he had also sent word to him, that left margin: " " a man of his character (liar)and one that woulld give bad left margin: " " counsel to his people, ought to have petticoats put on him, left margin: " " or, if he had him, he would put them on him. And on left margin: " 13. the 13th, Gen: Jessup said he was going to St. Augustine. left margin: " " Col Sherburne & Busheyhead also left Piccolata for St. left margin: " " Augustine. At night, in St Augustine, all the deputation had left margin: " " an interview with the General. He remained, as usual; -- left margin: " " he spoke of losing time & his preparation for speedily left margin: " " putting an end to the war &c. The deputation told the left margin: " " General that they were ready to proceed to the Seminole camps, left margin: " " provided he would furnish a patrol of one or some of his left margin: " " prisoners. The General said it would be a dangerous undertaking. left margin: " " We might probably lose our scalps by it; for, he said,